Firefighters say that the fire is moving with a "rapid rate of spread," prompting evacuation orders for 3,000 Sylmar residents.

VIIRS/MODIS satellite hotspot data is updated daily in the morning with the red dots indicating which direction the fire is moving. The color of the dots shows how recent the data is (red is today, orange yesterday,

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Late Tuesday night, a wildfire in Sylmar quickly threatened homes and closed the 210 freeway. The Hurst fire was reported shortly before 10:30 p.m. near Diamond Road, according to CalFire. It has burned 770 acres and is 37% contained as of Friday morning, Jan. 10, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Two more fires—the Hurst/Sylmar Fire and the Tamarack Fire — erupted on Tuesday evening in Los Angeles County, prompting evacuations and highway closures. Sylmar Fire After 10:30 p.m., officials issued mandatory evacuation orders for the Hurst Fire – also referred to as the Sylmar Fire.